The 1948 launch of a long term study following residents of Framingham, Massachusetts, across generations to track the development of cardiovascular disease, which identified major risk factors including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking and shaped preventive cardiology worldwide.
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Milestone Year Milestone Date LocationFramingham, Massachusetts, United States 1 Classification
Type/ClassificationDiscovery or Breakthrough 1 Connections
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the Framingham Heart Study, launched 1948, has been directed since 1971 through NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in partnership with Boston University
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Source United States National Institutes of Health Official Site
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1. United States National Institutes of Health Official Site
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The 1948 launch of a long term study following residents of Framingham, Massachusetts, across generations to track the development of cardiovascular disease, which identified major risk factors including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking and shaped preventive cardiology worldwide.
- In Branch: Epidemiology
View the Source 2. Framingham Heart Study Official Site: Epidemiological Background
Framingham Heart StudyEpidemiological Background page, chronological history sectionQuote, Epidemiological Background page, chronological history section
The first exam was conducted on September 29, 1948.
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